A WEEK LATER

Amy saw Ty and Jack unloading bales from the truck. When Ty was done Amy asked him if he wanted to go on a trail ride with her. He learned to ride a few days ago, and he was getting pretty good. "Sure," he smiled.

And they tacked up their horses and rode off on the field. They came across a little creek at the bottom of a hill and Amy notices something farther up. It looked like a body of some sort. A human body. Ty saw where she was looking, and they trotted up to the figure.

It was a girl laying on the rocks of the creek and there was a horse not too far from her. They both rushed to the girl and shook her gently to see if she was alright. It looked like she was unconscious.

Amy started to panic when the girl wasn't moving. "Call Jack!", Amy yelled and Ty flipped his phone open and tried to phone him but there was no service. "There's no service, I'll ride back quickly!", he responded getting on his horse and making the horse go as fast as he can.

Amy shook the girl one more time, and she moved slowly getting to a sitting position. "Are you okay?" Amy asked, checking her for injuries. Her forehead had a deep gash on it, bleeding lots and her neck had a few cuts and scrapes. She nods but winces at the pain.

The girl looked about 13 years old and had long brown hair and blueish eyes. "What's your name?" "Emily Dekker. I was riding and my horse spooked at something and reared and I fell off," Emily said.

Amy helped her onto a log to sit and sat with her for a while until Ty and Jack came in his truck. The road wasn't very far from here so Jack carried her into the truck and drove to the hospital to check her injuries and Ty went with them. Amy walked to where the Emily's horse was and checked him for any cuts and walked him to her horse, got on and rode to Heartland.

The guys drove home as Amy helped her mom do join-up with Snowflake. Ty got out and walked up to Amy. "Is Emily okay?" Amy asked Ty and Jack. They both nod. "Well Emily's mom picked her up from the hospital, and she just has a minor concussion," Jack responds.

"Oh, poor girl," Marion joined in the conversation. Amy told her what happened. "I…," Marion got interrupted by her phone ringing. She got it out of her pocket. "Hello Scott, ...oh ok, I could pick him up as soon as I can. Ok, thanks for calling," Marion hung up.

"That was Scott, and he said there is an abandoned gelding at Mallan's farm," she said concerned. "Well it is getting dark, so be careful," Jack spoke. "Do you what to come and help me?", Marion asked Amy.

She nodded and went to help her hook up the horse trailer. They got on the gravel road and got there as fast as they could. Marion knew Mallan didn't treat his horses right. She stopped the truck in front of the barn and ran out.

Amy heard the horse kick at the stall door and the wind was picking up. She was worried that Mallan would come, so they hurried up and tried to get the horse out. Marion grabbed the halter and got him out of the stall, but he kept rearing and pulling away.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Mallan was there. That was bad. Marion responded angrily, "You've treated this horse terribly!", she yelled over the wind that was dangerously picking up. She finally got the horse in the trailer, and they got out of there as fast as we could.

Amy could see Mallan yelling after them as they drove away with Spartan the horse. Now the wind was swaying the trees and there was thunder and lightning flashing.

They drove back on the gravel road and suddenly a tree fell on the road in front of them. Marion swerved out of the way but lost control. "Hold on! I love you!" Then they flew into the ditch and the truck flipped. Then all Amy could see was black.